Emma and Jonny marry at St Mary’s Church Chilham & Eastwell Manor, Kent

The marriage of Emma Jayne Smith and Jonathan Adams at St Mary’s Church, Chilham and wedding reception at Eastwell Manor in Ashford, Kent: Saturday 5th June 2010

Hi all! First an apology for the delay in getting our preview photos up today. I usually try to get a few sneak-peeks online just a few days after each wedding but circumstances seem to have conspired against me recently, and following a busy weekend shooting weddings on both the Saturday and Sunday my computer decided to go on strike in a BIG way which left me re-installing my entire operating system and every piece of software on it! Fortunately all photos are always kept on multiple separate drives and and backed up separately too… but a major re-install certainly sets things back a touch when you’re busy!

Anyway, on to Emma and Jonny’s wedding day – and what a busy day this was! Karen and I set off nice and early for the wedding to meet Emma where she was getting ready in Eastwell Manor. After just about cramming our equipment into Karen’s VW Polo (another long story, my car having been bumped a few days earlier was still being straightened) we arrived to find preparations in full swing – flowers everywhere, and an excited looking Emma looking radiant already. We started with some lovely shots of Emma’s dress and shoes then went on to take some beautiful photos of Emma before nipping off to see Jonny at the other end of the venue. Then we moved on to the Church in Chilham where the wedding ceremony would take place. The sun was positively beating down, and we certainly missed the air-con from my car! Once inside the (nice cool) church we were able to take a wonderful series of photos of the ceremony itself, then it was outside again for some formal group shots in the church grounds. Moving on, the wedding party returned to Eastwell Manor for the reception, drinks, and wedding breakfast. Lots more photos, both formal and casual – and some lovely quiet pictures of our bride and groom a little later in the day before the evening reception kicked off with an amazing first dance that I have to admit I really wasn’t expecting – Go Jonny, Go…

So there you are then: just a few previews from a great photo-filled day! Lot’s more to come once Emma and Jonny get back from honeymoon, and as usual all comments are very welcome. 🙂

All the best for now,

Rob.

Contemporary Kent wedding photography at Eastwell Manner